Yet another similar epigram ("Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.") has been widely attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.[4] Another similar quote appears in Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774): "...misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent."
- Darko Bodnaruk